HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoSolar production keeps exceeding predictionsfiles.ikt.id.auexternal-linkmessage-square116linkfedilinkarrow-up1745arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: dataisbeautiful@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/38160733 https://reneweconomy.com.au/chart-of-the-day-reality-keeps-surprising-the-iea-when-it-comes-to-global-solar-growth/
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·3 days agoWar, sanctions and oil crisis all make solar more attractive
minus-squaremonkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoBut that would also make countries energy independent. So can’t have that.
minus-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 days agoFor the life of me I can never figure out how countries don’t see renewables, and solar in particular, as a national security issue. Distributed electricity? Yes please.
minus-squareorp@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoMoney and control, solar gives too much freedom to the end user.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoWere that the issue, home solar would be illegal wheras instead it was federally subsidized for years. The truth is simple, oil money buying politicians.
minus-squareColdcell@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoThey do, everyone does. The psychopaths in the oil industry lobby govrrnments for slow uptake, and literally kill people to stay where they are.
minus-squaremonkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoIt’s corruption. Anyone with the power to make that decision is compromised in some way.
minus-squareskarn@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoI mostly agree, but all those cloud connected inverters talking to Chinese servers are giving me the heebie-jeebies.
War, sanctions and oil crisis all make solar more attractive
But that would also make countries energy independent. So can’t have that.
For the life of me I can never figure out how countries don’t see renewables, and solar in particular, as a national security issue.
Distributed electricity? Yes please.
Money and control, solar gives too much freedom to the end user.
Were that the issue, home solar would be illegal wheras instead it was federally subsidized for years. The truth is simple, oil money buying politicians.
They do, everyone does. The psychopaths in the oil industry lobby govrrnments for slow uptake, and literally kill people to stay where they are.
It’s corruption. Anyone with the power to make that decision is compromised in some way.
I mostly agree, but all those cloud connected inverters talking to Chinese servers are giving me the heebie-jeebies.